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English [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

From generic use of the proper name Tom.

Noun [ edit ]

tom (plural toms)

The intact male of the domesticated cat. The male of the turkey. The male of the orangutan. The male of certain other animals. ( Britain , slang ) A female prostitute. ( US , slang ) A lesbian. ( music ) tom-tom Clipping of ( obsolete ) The jack of trumps in the card game gleek. ( UK , regional , obsolete ) A close-stool.

Synonyms [ edit ]

( male cat ) : tomcat he-cat

( male turkey ) : turkey-cock

( male of other animals ) : male

( prostitute ) : See also Thesaurus:prostitute

Coordinate terms [ edit ]

(intact male cat):

Derived terms [ edit ]

Translations [ edit ]

— see turkey-cock male turkey

male of other animals Catalan: mascle (ca) m

Danish: han (da) c

Dutch: mannetje (nl) n

Finnish: koiras (fi)

French: mâle (fr) m

German: Männchen (de) n

Italian: maschio (it) m

Latvian: tēviņš m

Portuguese: macho (pt) m

Romanian: mascul (ro) m

Russian: саме́ц (ru) m ( saméc )

Spanish: macho (es) m

Swedish: hane (sv) c

— see prostitute prostitute

— see lesbian lesbian

drum type Finnish: tom (fi) tomi

Spanish: tamtan m

Swedish: hängpuka c , tom (sv) c

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

Shortened from tomato

Noun [ edit ]

tom (plural toms)

( Britain , greengrocers' greengrocers' slang ) A tomato ( the fruit ) . Toms 90p a pound 2009, Mark Penny, ‎Jonathan Penny, The Golden Pig (page 160) “I'd like sausage, eggs, bacon, toms, mushies, beans – oh, and some fried bread,” said Mike.

Etymology 3 [ edit ]

Rhyming slang from tomfoolery.

Noun [ edit ]

tom (uncountable)

Etymology 4 [ edit ]

From Uncle Tom.

Verb [ edit ]

tom (third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed) ( intransitive , derogatory , of a black person of a black person ) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.

Etymology 5 [ edit ]

Verb [ edit ]

tom (third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed) ( nautical ) To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability.

Anagrams [ edit ]

Danish [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Old Norse tómr, from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“empty”) .

Pronunciation [ edit ]

tom (neuter tomt, plural and definite singular attributive tomme)

References [ edit ]

Finnish [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From English tom.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

IPA (key) : /ˈtom/ , [ˈt̪o̞m]

: , Rhymes: -om

Syllabification(key): tom

Noun [ edit ]

tom

( music ) tom, tom-tom ( percussion instrument )

Declension [ edit ]

Inflection of tom (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) nominative tom tomit genitive tomin tomien partitive tomia tomeja illative tomiin tomeihin singular plural nominative tom tomit accusative nom. tom tomit gen. tomin genitive tomin tomien partitive tomia tomeja inessive tomissa tomeissa elative tomista tomeista illative tomiin tomeihin adessive tomilla tomeilla ablative tomilta tomeilta allative tomille tomeille essive tomina tomeina translative tomiksi tomeiksi instructive — tomein abessive tomitta tomeitta comitative — tomeineen Possessive forms of tom (type risti) possessor singular plural 1st person tomini tomimme 2nd person tomisi tominne 3rd person tominsa

Irish [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

From Old Irish tom (“bush, tuft; hillock, knoll”).

Noun [ edit ]

tom m (genitive singular toim, nominative plural toim or tomacha)

Declension [ edit ]

Derived terms [ edit ]

tomach ( “ bushy; tufted ” )

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

tom m (genitive singular toma, nominative plural tomanna)

taom ( “ fit, paroxysm ” ) Alternative form of

Declension [ edit ]

Etymology 3 [ edit ]

Verb [ edit ]

tom (present analytic tomann, future analytic tomfaidh, verbal noun tomadh, past participle tomtha)

tum ( “ dip, immerse ” ) Alternative form of

Conjugation [ edit ]

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Mutation [ edit ]

Irish mutation Radical Lenition Eclipsis tom thom dtom Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Javanese [ edit ]

Other scripts Carakan ꦠꦺꦴꦩ꧀ Roman tom

Etymology [ edit ]

From Old Javanese tom, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum.

Noun [ edit ]

tom

indigo ( plant )

Descendants [ edit ]

Komo [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

tom

Lower Sorbian [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Determiner [ edit ]

tom

Maranao [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

tom

human body louse

Middle English [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

tom

tome ( “ empty ” ) Alternative form of

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

tom (uncountable)

tome ( “ freetime ” ) Alternative form of

Etymology 3 [ edit ]

tom

( Southwest , southern West Midlands ) tame ( “ tame ” ) Alternative form of

Norwegian Bokmål [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Old Norse tómr.

tom (neuter singular tomt, definite singular and plural tomme, comparative tommere, indefinite superlative tommest, definite superlative tommeste)

Derived terms [ edit ]

Related terms [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

“tom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

From Old Norse tómr.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

IPA(key): /tʊmː/ (example of pronunciation)

tom (neuter singular tomt, definite singular and plural tomme, comparative tommare, indefinite superlative tommast, definite superlative tommaste)

Derived terms [ edit ]

Related terms [ edit ]

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

From Old Norse taumr.

Noun [ edit ]

tom m (definite singular tommen, indefinite plural tommar, definite plural tommane)

taum Alternative form of ( pre-2012 ) taum alternative form of

Derived terms [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

“tom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams [ edit ]

Oksapmin [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

tom

References [ edit ]

Robyn Loughnane, A Grammar of Oksapmin (April 2009), page 58

Old English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“empty”). Akin to Old Norse tómr (“empty”), whence Icelandic tómur (“empty”).

Pronunciation [ edit ]

tōm

empty ( figuratively ) free from Ðæt hīe mōstun mānweorca tōme lifgan and tīres blǣd ēcne āgan. That they might live free from wicked works and own the eternal reward of glory.

Declension [ edit ]

Declension of tōm — Strong Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative tōm tōm tōm Accusative tōmne tōme tōm Genitive tōmes tōmre tōmes Dative tōmum tōmre tōmum Instrumental tōme tōmre tōme Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative tōme tōma tōme tōm Accusative tōme tōma tōme tōm Genitive tōmra tōmra tōmra Dative tōmum tōmum tōmum Instrumental tōmum tōmum tōmum Declension of tōm — Weak Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative tōma tōme tōme Accusative tōman tōman tōme Genitive tōman tōman tōman Dative tōman tōman tōman Instrumental tōman tōman tōman Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter Nominative tōman tōman tōman Accusative tōman tōman tōman Genitive tōmra tōmena tōmra tōmena tōmra tōmena Dative tōmum tōmum tōmum Instrumental tōmum tōmum tōmum

Descendants [ edit ]

Middle English: tome tom toume tombe toyme tum tume English: toom Scots: tume tuim

Old Javanese [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum.

Noun [ edit ]

tom

indigo ( plant )

Descendants [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

"tom" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Polish [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Borrowed from Latin tomus, from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos).

Pronunciation [ edit ]

IPA (key) : [t̪ɔ̃m]

: Audio

Noun [ edit ]

tom m inan (diminutive tomik, augmentative tomisko or tomiszcze)

volume ( single book of a publication issued in multi-book format ) wolumen wolumin

Declension [ edit ]

Declension of tom singular plural nominative tom tomy genitive tomu tomów dative tomowi tomom accusative tom tomy instrumental tomem tomami locative tomie tomach vocative tomie tomy

tom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN

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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN tom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin tonus (and influenced by som; compare the Spanish ton, variant of the standard tono, which underwent a similar change, influenced by son, respectively), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”). Cf. also trom, a possible doublet.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

tom m (plural tons)

tone or pitch (property of sound determined by the frequency) ( music ) tone (interval of a major second) ( music ) key

Romanian [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From French tome, from Latin tomus.

Noun [ edit ]

tom n (plural tomuri)

Declension [ edit ]

Declension of tom singular plural indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation nominative/accusative (un) tom tomul (niște) tomuri tomurile genitive/dative (unui) tom tomului (unor) tomuri tomurilor vocative tomule tomurilor

Scottish Gaelic [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

tom m (genitive singular tuim, plural toman or tomannan)

round hillock or knoll, rising ground, swell, green eminence any round heap tuft of anything bush, thicket anthill ( Islay ) stool volume of a book bank grave ( medicine , rare ) the plague conical knoll

Slovene [ edit ]

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

tọ̑m m inan

Inflection [ edit ]

Masculine inan., hard o-stem nom. sing. tóm gen. sing. tóma singular dual plural nominative tóm tóma tómi accusative tóm tóma tóme genitive tóma tómov tómov dative tómu tómoma tómom locative tómu tómih tómih instrumental tómom tómoma tómi

Swedish [ edit ]

Etymology 1 [ edit ]

From Old Norse tómr.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

( Sweden ) IPA (key) : /tum/

IPA : audio

tom (comparative tommare, superlative tommast)

empty tomma tunnor skramlar mest empty barrels make the most noise (those who complain most vigorously, are the least important)

Declension [ edit ]

Inflection of tom Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2 Common singular tom tommare tommast Neuter singular tomt tommare tommast Plural tomma tommare tommast Masculine plural3 tomme tommare tommast Definite Positive Comparative Superlative Masculine singular1 tomme tommare tommaste All tomma tommare tommaste 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

3) Dated or archaic

Antonyms [ edit ]

Related terms [ edit ]

Etymology 2 [ edit ]

Used in Swedish since 1697. From French tome, Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”). Cognate with English tome.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

tom c

A tome, a volume (in a series of books), a (thick) book.

Declension [ edit ]

Declension of tom Singular Plural Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite Nominative tom tomen tomer tomerna Genitive toms tomens tomers tomernas

Derived terms [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

Anagrams [ edit ]

Ternate [ edit ]

tom

Etymology [ edit ]

From Javanese ꦠꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (tom), from Old Javanese tom.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

Noun [ edit ]

tom (Jawi توم‎)

References [ edit ]

Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate , E.J. Brill , E.J. Brill Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh